"We're going to see passengers in space stations in 15 years, who will be able to buy a ticket and spend a weekend in space."

--

Source : "People". The Dallas Morning News, p. 2A, July 28, 1986.

Alan Shepard

#Weekend Quotes #Years Quotes #Space Quotes

“To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.”
“It is a truism that as long as man loves but himself and his art he can never attain to the full measure of manhood or reach the sublimest heights of his art. He must seek to love men as brothers and art, not for the sake of art itself, but art as a means toward bringing all men up to that verdant plateau where their souls may be fed in very rejoicing in all that is true, beautiful, and abiding.”
“What say you, Luxa?" said Vikus. "What can I say, Vikus? Can I return to our people and tell them I withdrew from the quest when our survival hangs in the balance?" said Luxa bitterly. "Of course you cannot, Luxa. This is why he times it so," said Henry. "You could choose to - " started Vikus. "I could choose! I could choose!" retorted Luxa. " Do not offer me a choice when you know none exits!" She and Henry turned their backs on Vikus.”
“Bright clasp of her whole hand around my finger My daughter as we walk together now. All my life I'll feel a ring invisibly Circle this bone with shining When she is grown.”
“One passes through the world knowing few, if any, of the important things about even the people with whom one has been from time to time in the closest intimacy.”

Source : Anthony Powell (1995). “A Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement”, University of Chicago Press
“No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one finds darkness not only in oneâ€™s own culture but within oneself.”
“I never had a career before I had the lips, so my lips have had their own career!”
“To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.”

You may also like:

Alan Bean
Astronaut
Buzz Aldrin
Astronaut
Deke Slayton
Astronaut
Edgar Mitchell
Aviator
Gordon Cooper
Astronaut
Gus Grissom
Astronaut
John Glenn
Former United States Senator
Scott Carpenter
Astronaut
Wally Schirra
Aviator